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4: The results<br />

Exposing child victims:<br />

The catastrophic impact of<br />

DNS-over-HTTPs: we launched<br />

a campaign to highlight<br />

the importance of ensuring<br />

the safety of children isn’t<br />

sacrificed for privacy and<br />

security.<br />

July<br />

#SoSockingSimple wins<br />

ISPA best PR campaign:<br />

#SoSockingSimple, a campaign<br />

to educate young men to<br />

navigate safely online, wins an<br />

ISPA award.<br />

Hackathon event: <strong>IWF</strong> and<br />

Banco Santander came together<br />

again to host the second <strong>IWF</strong><br />

Online Child Safety Hackathon<br />

in London.<br />

10th Asia Pacific Regional<br />

Internet Governance Forum:<br />

Our International Development<br />

Manager Valentina Picco<br />

discussed <strong>IWF</strong> <strong>Report</strong>ing<br />

Portals in Russia.<br />

August<br />

MP visits <strong>IWF</strong>: Vicky Ford MP<br />

visited <strong>IWF</strong> to learn about our<br />

work and seek advice on how<br />

best to combat cyber flashing.<br />

Sunday Times publishes<br />

open letter: Nineteen <strong>IWF</strong><br />

Parliamentary Champions<br />

and supporters signed an<br />

open letter to the Secretary<br />

of State at DCMS explaining<br />

their concerns about the new<br />

encryption standard known as<br />

DNS over HTTPs.<br />

September<br />

The Cambridge International<br />

Symposium on Economic<br />

Crime: Our Technical Projects<br />

Officer Sarah Smith joined<br />

a panel discussion to raise<br />

awareness of trends in the<br />

distribution of child sexual<br />

abuse material on the dark web.<br />

October<br />

Experienced Leaders: Susie<br />

Hargreaves attended a Windsor<br />

Leadership Programme meeting<br />

leaders from all walks of life.<br />

Honorary Doctorate: Fred<br />

Langford, <strong>IWF</strong> Deputy CEO<br />

& CTO was honoured for<br />

his child protection and<br />

cybersecurity work by the<br />

University of Suffolk.<br />

UK Internet Governance<br />

Forum: Our Chair Andrew<br />

Puddephatt joined a panel<br />

discussion on policy and<br />

technology.<br />

November<br />

#NoSuchThing campaign:<br />

The #NoSuchThing as child<br />

pornography campaign<br />

launched to raise awareness of<br />

the importance of terminology.<br />

ICANN: Our Policy and<br />

Public Affairs Manager Michael<br />

Tunks joined the ICANN<br />

conference in Montreal to<br />

highlight how we can help the<br />

domain sector to fight child<br />

sexual abuse imagery.<br />

INTERPOL: Our Technical<br />

Projects Officer Sarah Smith<br />

attended the 37th meeting of<br />

the INTERPOL specialist group<br />

on crimes against children.<br />

A meeting with the Pope:<br />

Susie Hargreaves attended<br />

the interfaith conference<br />

on “Promoting Digital Child<br />

Dignity” and met Pope Francis<br />

at the Vatican.<br />

© Servizio Fotografico Vaticano<br />

December<br />

Landmark data sharing<br />

agreement: With the USA’s<br />

National Center for Missing and<br />

Exploited Children (NCMEC)<br />

we announced a landmark<br />

agreement to better protect<br />

children whose sexual abuse<br />

images are shared and traded<br />

on the internet.<br />

WePROTECT Global Alliance:<br />

Susie Hargreaves attended a<br />

summit in Ethiopia to tackle<br />

online child sexual exploitation.<br />

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